2024 Winners & Judges
2024 Winners
Practitioner Awards
Employee Experience
Leader of the Year
Diane Psaras, Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, VITAS Healthcare
Employee Journey
Innovation (Gold)
Monster
Employee Journey
Innovation (Silver)
GM Financial
Collaboration
Excellence (Gold)
IBM Research
Collaboration Excellence (Silver)
DeKalb County Govt.
Innovative Use of Workplace Technology (Gold)
BlackRock
Innovative Use of Workplace Technology (Silver)
Comcast
Vendor Awards
Most Innovative Workplace Productivity Solution (Gold)
ActivTrak
Most Innovative Workplace Productivity Solution (Silver
Robin Powered
Excellence in Employee Intranet & Communication Platforms (Gold)
NetSfere
Excellence in Employee Intranet & Communication Platforms (Silver)
Poppulo
Best Learning Innovation for the Hybrid Workplace (Gold)
BILT Incorporated
Best Innovation in Employee Engagement (Gold)
HiBob
Best Innovation in Employee Engagement (Silver)
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2024 Judges
Judges are volunteer practitioners, specialists, consultants and EX experts, recruited for their field expertise.
Alicia Turner
President, North Compass Solutions
Amelia Golonka
HR Business Partner, Campbell Oil Company
Amy DeFilippo
HR and Recruiting Manager, CivicScience
Andrew Lindsay
Head of Enterprise Design, Kraft Heinz
Angela Shaw
Senior Vice President of Talent, Amplify Credit Union
Angie Quinn
EVP/CHRO, American Integrity Insurance
Annette Franz
CEO, CX Journey
Ashley Welton
National Manager, PRS
Barry Sharma
Director, Workplace & Network Technology, SMBC Manufacturers Bank
Brittany Arteaga
Senior Human Resources Manager, Ashley Furniture Industries
Carolyn Clark
VP of EX Strategy, Simpplr
Catherine Brinkman
Vice President of Client Experience, Dale Carnegie Training — Center of Excellence NYC
Cheri Marone
Director, UX Strategy, Hero Digital
Christopher Nardecchia
CDIO, Rockwell Automation
Christopher Vice
Chief Design Officer, Studio Science
Colin Crowley
CX Advisor, Freshworks
Daniela Iancu
Learning/Leadership Development Specialist, IDEXX
Deidre Alves
CLO, ExuLAB
Dennis Hill
Chairman & CEO, IHRIM
Desiree Danielson
People Operations, Emurgo
Diane August
Chief Learning Architect, Nationwide Mutual Insurance
Elizabeth Mackey
Marketing, Dunn Solutions Group
Erin McAuley
Former SVP Talent & Culture, Pinterest
Eryc Eyl
Real Culture Change
Ethan McCarty
CEO, Integral
Faithe Hart
VP Global Talent, Align Technology
First Hope Mascott
Sr. Channel Marketing Manager, Kentico
Frank Strong
Founder & President, Sword and the Script Media
Ginger Trumbo
Director, HR Administration, Crown Bakeries
Holly Burkett
Principal, hb Consulting | Evaluation Works
Ingrid Wilson
Founder & Principal, GridFern Strategic HR
Iwo Szapar
Co-founder & CEO, Remote-First Institute & Remote-how
Jackie Wolff
Sr Director, Global Workplace Experience, Performance, and Data, The Coca-Cola Company
Jamie Earles
Sr. HR Business Partner, Towne Mortgage Company
Jason Cherry
Director, IS Technology Services, Lexington Medical Center
Jem Lugo
HR and Talent Manager, Equitas Academy
Jessica Hancock
Data Management Business Process Director, Dow Chemical
Joanne Lakomski
Resorceress, Human Resorceress
Jody Britten
Head of Research and Innovation, Team4Tech Foundation
Joy Bronson
HR Associate Experience Specialist, embecta
Juanita Olguin
Sr. Director, Product Marketing, Platform & Workplace Solutions, Coveo
Kaleashia Anderson
Travel Advisor, Anderson Escapes Travel
Karen Downs
Owner, Intranet Advisor’s
Kate Lister
President, Global Workplace Analytics
Kathrin Davis
Dir Software Dev, Programming.com
Kinjal Shah
Founder, GlobalMavin
Kiran Bandyopadhyay
SVP, Wells Fargo
Kirsten Culbertson
Senior Director, Digital Communications — Internal, Comcast
Kisha Chandler
Business Career Coordinator/Instructor, Molloy University
Laurel Dzneladze
Digital Communications Platform Leader, LinkedIn
Lisa I. Perez
President, HBL Resources
Lorraine Serva
Chief People Officer, SDI
Louis Gordon
Director of Analyst and Influencer Relations, HiBob
Martha Dzawanda
HR Manager, ONE Properties
Maureen Boland
Instructional Designer, Scissortail
Mallory O’Connor
Practice Lead, Culture and Transformation, Habanero Consulting
Marcos Lindley
Adjunct Professor, Columbia University
Michelle Kaltenbach
Customer Experience Manager, Internal Programs, NRG
Michelle O’Neal
Operations & Human Resources, Comit Developers
Nanci Gulley
HR Director, Get Air Management
Nicole Stibbe
Founder and Principal, Soulwork Alliance
Nida Mehtab
Founder and CEO, Caryatid
Nirmal Parikh
Head of Digital, NWN Carousel
Noushin Khushrushahi
Director, Product Marketing, OvationCXM
Olja Aleksic
Founder, Sapfo Groove Initiative
Paulina Davila
VP Workforce Analytics, Head of Data Visualization and Storytelling, JPMorgan Chase
Rachel Happe
Founder and Digital Workplace Catalyst, Engaged Organizations
Rebecca Briscoe
Infrastructure Branch Director, DHS-FEMA
Rena Lewis
Founder & Chief Strategy Advisor, Signature Intentions
Richard Butler
Principal — Technology Business Analysis, AT&T
Rishi Vajpeyi
Vice President of Federal Strategy, Qualtrics
Sameer Ranjan
Chief Technology Officer, Catenate
Saumya Sanjeev
VP, DMI
Scott Abel
Content Strategy Evangelist, The Content Wrangler
Scott Williams
IT Director, City of Goldsboro
Shannon Ogborn
RecOps Consultant & Community Lead, Ashby
Sharath Dodda
IT Senior Engineering Manager, TD
Shawndolyn Williams
Admin Support 2, Division of Human Services
Steve Garone
Founder & Chief Analyst, Lake Shore Analytics
Sukran Delan Calleja
People Operations Associate, Village Capital
Summer Issawi
Senior Learning Designer, MSU Federal Credit Union
Tami DeVore
Director of Finance and H/R, ThompsonBaker Agency
Tammy Polanco
Director of HR and Administration, Ability Central/CCAF
TaVonda Brown
Owner/Founder, God’s Loving Arms Tax Consulting Services
Tiffany Prince
Chief Performance Officer, Prince Performance
Tim Ahlemius
VP, Strategic Initiatives, Americaneagle.com
Todd Felton
Principal, StitchDX
Tom Dewaele
VP Global People Experience, Google
Tosha Turner
HRBP, NaphCare
Tracey Danner-Odenwelder
Founder, Total Dynamic Organization
Tyler Yim
Enterprise Business Development, Azurite
Valamere Mikler
Faculty Credential Evaluator/Adjunct Professor, University of the People
William Siffel
Director, Employee Experience, Exhibit Concepts
Yvonne Lal
Director, End User Computing Sales Specialist, Vmware